How to Use compensate in a Sentence

compensate

verb

• The price of the item has been reduced to compensate for a defect.
• She was not compensated for the damage done to her car.
• His enthusiasm compensates for his lack of skill.
• But the gain over time will more than compensate for the near-term pain.
  — Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• Thin out their top growth to compensate for roots lost in the process.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 26 Jan. 2018
• The frame’s backing is quite deep, so use a long nail to hang to compensate for the gap.
  — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
• Load up on sugar and salt to compensate for the loss of taste from fat.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2017
• The ones that haven’t pulled out are raising their rates to compensate.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• This is a big ask off the layoff but 6-to-1 compensates us.
  — Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
• To compensate, the baker added the chocolate to the dough and the chocolate chip cookie was born.
  — Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 30 July 2021
• But the value of the time saved by faster pushbacks would more than compensate for that.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• Hold soil around their roots, and trim their tops back by half after the dig to compensate for the roots that are lost.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021
• Ruppel knew what was at stake and what the Comets had to do to compensate for their loss of seniors.
  — Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com, 11 June 2021
• Be sure to analyze those risks and find a way to compensate for them on your end.
  — Nate Nead, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• You may be tempted to buy-in to the idea that a good workout can compensate for a bad diet.
  — Hlth Code, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2021
• Green wants the Bengals to prove it by compensating him like one.
  — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• The good humor and warmth in the room more than compensated for the rainy weather outside.
  — Ruth Sowby Rands, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Those who may remove the suppressor have to compensate for the added height of the sights when shooting.
  — T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• Not even the return of Niles, Daphne, and the rest could have compensated for the loss of the show’s original context.
  — TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
• Our main reason to keep paying is so that the school can still compensate the staff.
  — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2020
• But if the brain unit is damaged, the system has been designed to compensate.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2017
• Will clubs pay less for free agents to compensate for the pay increase for young players?
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
• And that only a few people farmed on the land, and were compensated.
  — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
• No check can compensate for the time lost and damage wrought by these compounds.
  — Jasper Craven, The New Republic, 28 June 2021
• The lost week of games will be made up with plans for nine-innning doubleheaders to help compensate for the late start.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2022
• Not as thick as others but the taste compensated for that.
  — cleveland, 21 May 2020
• Will need to maximize strength to help compensate for lack of size.
  — oregonlive, 16 May 2021
• To compensate, the brain takes its best guess at what's out there based on the more-visible gray areas.
  — Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 14 June 2020
• To compensate, the planes would have to reduce the number of passenger seats to roughly 40 to 50.
  — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
• There should be a way for those at major schools to be compensated.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 29 Apr 2024